Chemed חֶ֫מֶד
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| חֶ֫מֶד | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | chemed |
| Strong's number | H2531 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | delight |
| Occurrences | 6 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Ezekiel (3) |
Chemed (Hebrew חֶ֫מֶד, Strong's H2531) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “delight”. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
desire, delight, beauty, desirable, pleasant
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | desirable (3), pleasant (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | desirable (2), about a fruitful (1), pleasant (1), all desirable (1), lush (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Chemed, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Isaiah
- Isaiah 27:2In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.In that day: “Sing about a fruitful vineyard.
- Isaiah 32:12They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines,
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 23:6Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.clothed in blue, governors and commanders, all desirable young men, horsemen mounted on steeds.
- Ezekiel 23:12She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men.She too lusted after the Assyrians—governors and commanders, warriors dressed in splendor, horsemen riding on steeds, all desirable young men.
- Ezekiel 23:23The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses.the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, the men of Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them—all desirable young men, governors and commanders, officers and men of renown, mounted on horses.
Amos
- Amos 5:11Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).